Teenaged Sri Lankan girl raped by dad's friend

Rapist neighbour tricked both father and daughter

Weligama Police in Sri Lanka has received a complaint from a father that his 15-year-old daughter had been raped by his friend, reports ‘Ceylon Today’ newspaper.

In his complaint, the father says his friend, who is a neighbour and also father of two, had come to his house at around 7:30 p.m. and had given him Rs500, requesting him to bring a quarter bottle of ‘arrack’ and a bottle of beer from Weligama Town.

Accepting the money, the man had gone to purchase the beverages. On his return, he found his friend and neighbour had raped his daughter.

In his complaint to the police, the father s said his wife had deserted the family some time ago, and he had to raise his four children, two sons and two daughters.

On the day of the incident, when the man had gone to Weligama town, the victim and her younger sister had been at home. The suspect, having seen a goat tied to a bar of the window, had allegedly untied the rope, allowing the animal to run loose. He had then shouted that the goat was running out of the compound. When the elder girl started to run after the goat in a bid to catch it, the neighbour had started to follow her.

Having gone some distance, the girl had realized that she was being followed by the neighbour and sensed that she was in danger. She apparently hid in a nearby toilet to escape from the pursuer.

After a while, thinking that the neighbour must have left, she had come out of the toilet only to be waylaid and raped by him.

The suspect is said to be absconding and the Weligama Police are searching for him. Meanwhile, the raped girl has been hospitalised.